Sacrificial rite during the Tsingbing festival on Batavia

Brandes, Jan

Sacrificial rite during the Tsingbing festival on Batavia. On the right a black-and-white drawing of a musical instrument. Above, various ways of kneeling are shown.

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Is part of:

Jakarta

Creator

Brandes, Jan (draughtsman)

Period

4 april 1785

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

19,5 x 15,5 cm19,5 x 15,5 cm

Number

NG-1985-7-2-7

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Inscription

Deeze Ceremonie heb ik voor de 2de maal gezien op den 4 april 1785. Afbeelding van de jaarlyksche offerceremonie der sinesen op haare graaven buyten Ba[tavia]

Sources and literature

Bruijn, M. de en R. Raben, The world of Jan Brandes, 1743-1808: Drawings of a Dutch traveller in Batavia, Ceylon and Southern Africa (2004)